Friday, June 25, 2010

Down the Rabbit Hole - A Mad Tea Party!!

Hello, welcome all to this year's Mad Tea Party! I may mention last year's party once or twice so if you'd like to, feel free to visit last year's tea partyfirst. But otherwise, let me tell you what happened this year!

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It all started when I went outside to cut a few flowers in my garden. I was stunned to see my stone rabbit standing outdoors waiting for me...

And even more surprising - he seemed to be holding a set of keys for me tied in a pretty blue bow...

I held them up and wondered where they went to...which one should I try and where was the lock??

Perhaps I didn't need to search at all for instantly I was transported to a very different garden altogether...a much smaller one with a tea party already in progress beneath the marigolds, the Foxglove and the Desert Roses!

There were jeweled stones that gleamed in the sunlight that peaked through a forest of mint and thyme. It was a delicious smell and I leaned forward to take a better look...

Alice was there! And she was sipping tea from her tiny little silver tea set, complete with milk and sugar. Beyond her I spied some red toadstools.

She told me I must not dally here long as there was a tea party waiting just for ME! I looked around and saw the White Rabbit and his little watch.

"You're late, you're late...we must get going NOW!" he cried.

I followed him and was stunned to see I was not very far indeed - just beyond the fairyland tea party I'd found was my very own table full of treats to enjoy!!

I was stunned by the variety - two tea pots and several cups laid out.

I quickly grabbed a delicious chocolate cupcake with chocolate frosting and multicolored sprinkles - mmmmm! These were even better than the cakes I'd had last year - delicious!

And the tea was a delicious peach tea, my favorite!

I glanced down and saw a white hand pointing to a plate I hadn't noticed yet.

I was busy eating a cookie and sipping tea when I heard a small *squeak!* between the saucer and plate. I glanced down to see a little gray mouse great me, his own treat of Swiss cheese before him.

I welcomed him and offered him bits of my cookie and glanced around the table again. There were raspberries and colorful red, pink and white candies as well.

I was appreciating the flowers on the table when I noticed a small squirrel next to a clock. I realized time was starting to get away from me as I enjoyed my little tea party and must be getting back soon...

But before I left I saw the rabbit sitting on the sugar bowl washing his face after his tea...

And beneath him was a tiny little fawn cautiously approaching the plate of cupcakes...

I glanced around again, looking for the gnome who bid me goodbye last time and found, instead, his wife knitting a pink shawl next to her rabbit ride.

She bid me adieu and hoped I'd come back again soon. I hope I shall, too - it was a great day and the sun was shining and I didn't really want to go...

So I hope you all enjoyed my party and just for fun, I'm giving away a little treat - the set of two toadstools from Alice's miniature tea party!!

They are handmade from fimo dough and hand painted as well - very cute in person. I made them awhile ago and decided to give them away to one of my guests!! Just leave a comment and I'll have a drawing on Thursday and give them away - hope to see you then!!

Now travel on and visit the other tea parties on Vanessa's fantastic blog list!!!

103 comments:

I'm first! I've so enjoyed your Mad Tea Party. I didn't get to join in the fun last year, so thank you for sending me there first. Both of your parties were filled with wonders for the imagination. Magical! ~ Sarah

Oh my goodness, what a glorious time I had. Your Mad Tea Party was wonderful. I will stop by again later. How very creative you are. Love the toad stools very much. I am extending an invitation to you to come to see me. Let the madness begin. momentsinaneye.blogspot.com

Thankyou for allowing me to enjoy your sun shiny Mad Tea Party. Those raspberries were soooo fresh and juicy...I still have some pips stuck in my teeth (!) and the peach tea was delicious. Those toadstools would fit nicely into my Secret Enchanted Forest, at 'green and white garden'...please come and visit me, to share some more Mad Tea.~Vicki.

mWhat a lovely, delightful party you have going on here. I enjoyed every minute of it and those treats looks absolutely delicious! (I didn't even have breakfast yet here and already crave some chocolate cupcake tasting, is that bad? ;-))

Alice's tiny silver tea set is lovely, as are all the little creatures who helped make your tea party so delightful (to say nothing of the splendiferous fixins -i am intrigued by the cloud cookies with corn flakes? YUM!) and who *doesnt* love a good peach tea?

I love your Mad Tea! Thank you for inviting me. Your toadstools are precious. I also have a toadstool (and mushroom) making an appearance during my party. Come join us today if you can. Well, must run. I don't want to be late!

What a sweet little tea party you happened upon. Garden tea's are the most delightful, don't you agree? Oh! Would you mnd terribly if I helped myself to one of those snowflake cookies? They look delicious!!! Thank you ;-).Happy MAd Tea Party DAy.xoxo Cori

Thank you for a delightful time. All of the eye candy makes me feel a bit tipsy. Follow your heart and join me as we go to the Forest of Wishes. I have party gifts waiting for everyone! http://collagediva.typepad.com/collagediva/2010/06/blogparty.html

You are the first on my list of visits! Charming party! And thank you for the delightful offer of those sweet toadstools! I hope that you shall come and visit with me, as you join the White Queen and Mad Hatter for some cake ~ and tea...Theresa

Your trinkets and characters were so lovely. Thank you for the tea. Scrumptious as it was. I am dreadfully late....forgive me and visit when you have a chance for a game of croquet! wood-wings.blogspot.com

Hello! What a lovely lovely party -- again! I do love those wascally wabbits and really had a wonderful time with Tiny Alice and the White Rabbit. FUN!Your blog is just great and I hope to see you here and there in Blogovia! (I do like Fimo but I work better with Sculpey!) Candace in Athens.

This is so much fun blog hoping to see what everyone is doing for the Mad Tea Party! Looks like everyone has knocked their socks off decorating and baking and setting up Wonderland for all to enjoy!Your Mad Tea Party was fabulous!And the toad stools are so charming!Teresa in Californiatscat@sbcglobal.net

Your garden is beautiful Nikki!! And the tea party is so beautifully set up~I'm salivating looking at those raspberries and chocolate cupcakes:) Wonderful story and you know that if I was lucky enough to win the toadstools they would be part of my next blog event~they're darling and you did a wonderful job creating those!!

Thank you so much for a wonderful tea party. It was positively delightful. I so love the rabbit ride. I think everyone should travel by rabbit every now and again. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway opportunity. The toadstools are absolutely adorable. My gnome and fairy friends are jumping and yelling in hopes of winning them for garden home. Please do stop by and visit me for a cup of tea and a SPOOOOONFUL. of Madness....Have a Wonderfully Mad and Curious Day....Wendy from Wonderlandhttp://candydelane.typepad.com/curiosities/